DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) (Addl.) DEGREE
EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
ROMANTIC LITERATURE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Write a paragraph on the characteristics of women's
writing during the romantic period.
2. Write a description of the village Churchyard.
3. How does Wordsworth record minute aspects of nature?
4. Write a note on the ancient mariner's irresponsible act of
killing.
5. How was the poet inquisitive to know about Skylark?
6. Write briefly on Keats's concept that 'Beauty is truth,
truth beauty'.
7. Who is the Vicar of Wakefield?
8. Discuss the part played by the Hermit of Engaddi.
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. State the reasons for the decline of drama during the
romantic period.
10. How does Gray describe the simple rustics who lie buried
in the churchyard?
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11. Describe the evolution of thought in the poem 'Ode on
Intimations of Immortality'.
12. Wind acts as a preserver as well as a destroyer on
Substantiate.
13. Write a critical appreciation of the poem 'Ode to a
Nightingale'.
14. Discuss 'Talisman' as a historical novel.
15. Describe the love story of Emma Woodhouse and George
Knightley.